Attachment for drawers.



Q0 0 dry L 1 II I! Iii C 0 no PATENTED DEG. 24, 1907 W. H. FLOOD.

ATTACHMENT FOR DBAWERS. APPLICATION FILED JULY 11,- 1907.

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WILLIAM-HENRY FLOOD, or ILION, NEW/YORK.

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Be it 'known that I, WInuAn HENRY FLooD, a citizen of the United States, residihg at Ilion, in the, county of' Herkimer and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful. Improvements in Attachfrments for'Dr'awers; and I do declare the fol- .i lowingto be afull, clear, and exact descrip- .tion of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the artlto which it apper- "tains-to'make and use the same.

This invention relates to im rovem'entsiin drawer-s uides andretaining ev -ices.

device of this character by means which a drawer will' be prevented from being drawn entirely out of its casing, and means whereby the 'eame'will-be guided and prevented from clamping or sagging, when being drawn out or ushed-into the casing.

this object in. view, the invention cenfsists of certain novel feature's'of construetron, combination and arrangement of. arts [aswill be {more fully described and 25. I in'theaccompanying lparticuaippended c aims; r

larly' pointed-out in the awings,F1gure 1- f -isf a holizontalfsectional view through a drawer casingt'aken immediately-above one of the, drawersthe'rein, showing" the latter partggwithdrawn from the casing. Fig. '2 1 s=a ntelevation of-adrawer' showing the mannerjid-ivhich the same is engaged with andsupportedin the casing, the latter'being ofza portion of the bperat'in mechanism. Referring more "particular ings, 1, denotes the drawer-casmgwhichconsists of a back, 2, -and end ieces, 3. 'To the end pieces; 3"'a1" e"jsecured ower, supporting cleats, 4, ends; per supporting cleats, 5, be-' @slids when Y hingedly connected strips, .6 and 7, are dis-,v

posed between'the' upper and lower drawer I cleats, 4 and 5, and the tear strips, 6, of each pair are hin' edly connected at their outer ends tothe ack, 2, of the casing,i1'. The

- strips, 7, of-each pair are hingedly connected at their outer ends to. the rear side of the,

drawer by hinges, 9. The hinges, 9, are de- Specification of Lettere 1 mm. se t m filed July '11. 1907, sun smeaazae y to the draw Patented Deer 24, 1967.

tachably, secured to the rear side of the "drawer, 6, by means of bolts, 10, the threaded ends of which, project through the back of the drawer and-into the sameqand are inside of ,the drawer, thus permitting the boltsto be removed and the drawer detached from the strips 7 when it is desired to entirely rev the strip 7, are formed right-angularly pro- The 0 ject-o'f the invention is torovidea jecting studs, 13, which, .when the drawer is pulled out, and the strips, 6 and? straight- 3. oft preventing said strips fiom being brought mto alinement or entirely'straightened, in

adapted "to receive nuts, 12, which may be rea 'ly screwed on and off the same-from the e casing, thus which condition they could not be readily .folded together by the. inward moveinent of the drawer, and would thus serve to vent the drawer from being pushedin. strips 7 are provided with passages, 14, in

in unison when being .fo'lded or unfolded by.

the inward or outward movement of the which the studs, 13, are ada ted to project drawer, the same {are 'connectedby parallel horizontally dis osed rack bars, -15,-the outer ends of one of w ich is 'hmgedly connected to the adi'acent inner ends 0 one of the strips, 7, wh e the outer end of the opposite'raok bar'is hingedly connected to the inner'end of the'otherstrip, 7 at the opposite side of the casing. The rack bars 15 are adapted to slide through and are held in position by means of erasing 16., whichis revolubly mounted a s ur geanpinion, 17,:the teeth of vwhich-are a alpted to engageand mesh with the teeth on t einner edges of the rack bars 15, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing.

The casing ,-16, is supported and held in osition by pairs of strips, 18, the inneren set which are hingedly connected together at 19, while the outer ends of the forward strips are hingedly connected to the rear-side of the easing 16, as shown at 20, and theouter ends of the rear strips are hinggedly connected to the 2, as shown.:at 21." 1 govided on their outer inner side of the bac The drawers are sides with suitable obs or drawer-pulls, 23.

By providing an attachment for drawers as herein shown and described, the latter will withdrawing the drawer,

. mounted in said 45 strips and the rear rear side of the drawer, and to the back of the casing to guide the drawer and revent the same from being entirely with rawn from the casing, rack bars hingedly connected to said strips, and a gear pinion revolubly mounted in said drawer casing and adapted to be engaged by said rack bars, substantially as described.

2 An attachment for drawers comprising strips arranged in pairs and connected to the rear side of the drawer, and to the back of.

the casing to guide the drawer and revent the same 'from .being entirely wit drawn from the casing,' rack bars hingedly connected to said stri s, a gear pinion revolnbly cii'awer casing and adapted to be engaged by said rack bars whereby said strips are caused to move in unison and hinged su porting strips .ada ted to hold said' rack are in position, su stantially as described.

3. An attachment for drawers comprising pairs of strips, the strips of each of said pairs being hingedly connected together at their inner ends whereby the same are folded 40 and unfolded by the inward and '0U l3W21I'd movement of the drawer, a hinge connection between the outer ends of the rear strips and the back of the drawer casing, a hinge connection between the outer ends'oi the forward side of the drawer, means to detachably secure said hinges with the rear side of the drawer, right-angnlarly rojecting studs formed on the outer side 0 the rear strips, said studs being adapted to engage a passage formed in the adjacent strip when said bars arefolded together by the inward movement of the drawer, rack bars hingedly connected to said'strips, a casing adapted to receive the free ends of said rack bars, a gear pinion revolubly mounted in said casing and adapted to be engaged by'said rack bars, and means to hold said casing and pinion in operative position, substantially as described. a

4. An attachment for drawers comprising upper and lower supporting cleats adapted to be secured to the inner walls of the opposite sides or end pieces of the drawer casing to support and guide said drawer, pairs of lnngedly connected strips arranged ad acent to each side or end of the casing, a hinge connection between the outer ends of the rear strips of said pairs and the back of the casing, a detachable hinge connection between the outer'ends of the forward strips and the rear side of the drawer, means to prevent, said pairs of stri )s from being entirely -straightened out or roughtinto alinenient, a pan; of

rack bars, one of which is hingedly con nected at its outer end to one pair of said strips, while the other rack bar s hingedly connectedto the opposite pair oi stri s, a

said rack bars, a pinion revoiubly mounted casing adapted toreceive'the rec en s of i pairs of hingedly connected supporting strips having a hinge connection. at one end with said casing and at their opposite ends to the rear side of the drawer casing, substantially its described.

' In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses. I I

I WILLIAM HENRY FLOGD; VVitnes'ses: 1

HARRY F VVILLIAMSON, ANrorNn-r'rn it. Ewen. 

